Greece

Lesbos migrant 'hotspot' begins processing asylum seekers

As around 2,000 migrants continue to arrive on the Greek islands per day the EU plan to set up five “hotspots” to register, screen and interview

4 February 2016

World News

Pension reform protests across Greece as thousands take to the streets

Clashes between police and protesters have broken out in Athens as tens of thousands took part in a general strike to protest against an overhaul of

4 February 2016

Greece

Migrants: serious bottlenecks on Greece's northern border

Taxi strike means thousands are stranded on FYROM border

4 February 2016

Greece

Refugee crisis: a Nobel Peace Prize for the "Heroes of the Aegean"?

The people of the eastern Aegean islands have seen their lives change dramatically over the last 12 months. An unprecedented wave of refugees, many

4 February 2016

Greece

Migrants: We are not a concentration camp says Greek minister

Panos Kammeros has strong words for Europe

3 February 2016

World News

Greece creates more migrant registration centres

Greece is setting up two new registration centres for migrants arriving on its island of Lesbos. Its partly in response to EU criticism that

2 February 2016

Greece

Another night in the cold for refugees en route to FYROM

Large crowds of migrants in Greece join thousands already waiting to cross the border into the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) on

2 February 2016

Turkey

Dozens dead, scores rescued - migrant boat sinks off Turkey coast

More than 35 people, including several children, have drowned and 75 have been rescued after a boat carrying migrants and refugees to Greece sank of

30 January 2016

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Greek farmers block Athens airport road junction with tractors

Greek farmers continued temporary highway blockages on Friday to protest against the left-led government’s planned pension reforms. Regional farmers

30 January 2016

Greece

Petrol bombs thrown outside Greek minister's house

30 January 2016

Greece

WATCH: Football players at Greek match stage protest in support of refugees

30 January 2016

European Union

Europe Weekly: Greece under pressure over refugees

In this edition of Europe Weekly: EU officials accuse Greece of failing to control their borders; Denmark passes a new law that allows valuables to

29 January 2016

Europe News

Pushing back refugee boats would be illegal, says Greek minister

euronews’ Efi Koutsokosta spoke to Greece’s EU affairs minister, Nikos Xydakis, about an EU report that accuses Athens of failing to register

28 January 2016

Europe News

Europe running out of time to solve refugee crisis, warns EU's Timmermans

Europe does not have “endless amounts of time” to come up with a solution to the influx of refugees and migrants to the continent, a top EU official

28 January 2016

Cyprus

Cyprus, Israel and Greece talk regional issues

Bilateral agreements were signed in Tel Aviv between the Israeli and Greek prime ministers before they travelled to Cyprus

28 January 2016

World News

Schengen: Greece responds firmly to EU criticism

"Serious deficiencies" in management of external border controls. Will Athens be suspended?

27 January 2016

Europe News

EU warns Greece over border controls

The European Commission has said that Greece has “seriously neglected” its frontier duties to Europe’s free-travel Schengen zone. It said that Greece

27 January 2016

World

Is talk of a 'Grexit' a thing of the past or an ever present danger?

Greece dominated headlines around the world last year. Now the Athens government has a third rescue package in its hands worth up to 86 billion euros

26 January 2016

World News

Where does your country rank in latest corruption index?

Spain’s standing in a global corruption index has fallen the heaviest of all EU states, according to Euronews analysis of official data. Experts say

26 January 2016

Greece

Greece: hundreds of migrants and refugees arrive in Lesbos from Turkey

Hundreds of migrants and refugees, including many women and children, arrived by dinghy on the Greek island of Lesbos from neighbouring Turkey on

25 January 2016